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Hiding in my own home crazy!
What do you think of religious people who come to your door? Do you answer it or ignore? If you answer what do you say?!?!?!

AFF are you sure they weren't Mormon missionaries? Your description sounds more like them.

We used to get a lot of them when we lived in Harrogate. They were all drop dead gorgeous too. Must be a prerequisite, lol.

Our local Jehovah's are quite clever - they send pairs of very sweet, polite children to your door. I've lost half an hour listening to them on multiple occasions, and have received several booklets/leaflets.
I always feel as though I've wasted their time as much as they mine, but never manage to send them packing.

My late grandfather, a staunch Baptist, once told us how he had been visited by Mormons. He probably invited them in for a cup of tea knowing him, but when they offered him a copy of the Book of Mormon he said: "I had a copy once, and I read it from cover to cover..." - at this point they were probably thinking they were doing well - "...and then I took it outside and I burnt it."

I'm sure he did, too. He was very serious about it when telling us. I don't think the Mormons knocked on his door again.

I've ignored so many different people knocking on we get it so much round here. They can see I'm in as I have a massive window but I just couldn't be arsed after a while some days I'd get 3 different idiots knocking on. Tree cutting services gutter cleaning bin cleaning insulation jewellery buying, all sorts of religions.

I get JWs at my door which is clearly labelled 'Vicarage.'

If you tell them not to call then they should put you on the no call list.

If you are a Christian then the most effective strategy is not to argue point for point with scripture (leave that to those who can compare and contrast their translation of the Bible with a mainstream Christian one) but talk about joy. The Jehovah's Witnesses are salvation by works and not by grace. I got myself blacklist for years after telling one lady from the JW how much joy and hope being a Christian brought into my life.

I really don't see the need to be rude to them, or to relate it so gleefully on here. I always say that I respect their beliefs but I have my own. I smile, they smile and leave. It isn't difficult to be pleasant and polite.

Browsing FB and this came up. Thought it was apt.

at my last address two lovely old jw dears used to knock, we would talk about my cats as they both liked cats, one would say did i read the last watchtower she had left and i always used to say yes but sadly i have to be at work in an hour so i have to go get ready for work, they would wish me a nice day give me the next watchtower and leave, two very pleasant ladies who i didnt mind talking to .

it really does not hurt to be nice to people for a few minutes , mind you years ago when i was young i answered the door to JWS and wickedly i said im really sorry but i have a coven meeting soon never seen anyone move so fast down the garden path in my life

When they ignore the notice on the door they are fair game - the last lot had a blessing from Lucifer on them, their children and their children's children. I hope that has done the trick as nothing else seems too (yes I have asked to be put on the do not call list several times. Still they come)

The day after one of my best friends died of cancer, a group of grinning people stopped me in the street to tell me about God & the power of prayer.

I know I shouldn't have told them to fuck off but it seemed like the only reasonable response at the time.

Mil has been really embarrassed when she hasn't noticed a sign on someone's door requesting to be disturbed - give people the benefit of the doubt!

My mum used to invite a JW in. She was a little old lady and mum would make her a cup of tea and have a chat. It was all very polite.

I've had the odd interesting chat with them on the doorstep, about evolution and my interest in science and facts. It was all very civilised.

Since getting an inflatable Jesus and putting it in the window, we don't seem to get any anymore. even when we re-enact the resurrection at Easter .

Mil has been really embarrassed when she hasn't noticed a sign on someone's door requesting to be disturbed - give people the benefit of the doubt!

Tough I'm afraid - the note is explicit and clearly visible and the local Kingdom Hall ignore my instructions not to call. As I said - those who call on me are fair game

Unfortunately we had a friend who was a JW and all the local ones know that. So we can't tell them to get lost. We have a quick chat about our mutual friend and I remind them we're strict Catholics.

Never argue with them on the bible - the buggers know it backwards. Our friend gave us a copy of their book of knowledge which is really quite odd. It suggests 666,000 will be resurrected to heaven to work with Jesus to create a paradise earth, and the rest of us get to live there - so no downside to not joining up as far as i can see.

I had two come to my door recently. I looked through the glass panel recognised then and walked away, they saw me and obviously knew I was ignoring them. I needed to go outside and the buggers stood there for at least 2 more minutes until I threw the door open. Refused the leaflet she was trying to thrust in my hand, said 'I'm atheist, Buddhist, whatever just no thanks!!' And shut the door again. They did finally leave. I hate cold callers

Anne, I believe that is 144,000 and not 666,000.

The only ones I've ever come across (as a teen/when home from uni) seemed to have great difficulty in understanding the word 'No' so we're eventually told exactly where they could shove it. If you intrude on someone's home and do not take no for an answer then I'm afraid you deserve it if they and up being rude (we were never initially rude).

Thankfully, I now live in the sticks and in six years I've never had a single JW darken my door - suits me just fine!

We have some that call by regularly. I stop if I've got time and chat to them, ask them how they're doing, how their DCs are, they ask about ours. I don't see a reason to be impolite to folk who aren't rude to me.

The only time I've been mildly offended by them was when they bought a strange preacher-fella to the door and asked if he could do a bible reading with me. I said no thanks, he stuck his foot in the door and said "you need to listen to this, your soul depends upon it". I pointed out that if he didn't remove his foot I'd phone the police and his soul would also be in danger and he never returned.

I'm starting to wonder why they no longer come to my house. We've always been polite. Maybe we have been placed on the 'do not approach' list but I can't see why.

I feel a bit left our now.

Just ignore them, no one is forcing you to answer the door

I don't understand why some people think being nasty or rude to some people with pamphlets is clever or something worth bragging about.

For what it's worth, my dog usually barks a lot when someone comes to the door, so JWs don't stay long. They give us a copy of their material, a polite 'thanks, bye' and that's that. Sometimes I read the material, because I think a broad knowledge of different ways of life is never a bad thing.

A polite dismissal takes 3 seconds and then everyone can carry on their day. Being horrid will stay with people, and just makes you seem like a bit of a twit

Possibly because they have repeated been asked not to call.
They ignore the notice on the door
They are interrupting what I am doing
I have some health issues at the moment that means getting up to answer the door is slow and difficult
They are attempting to impose their weird cruel and cultish religious views on me

Will that do to start with?

I once saw a pair of JWs back away from my (very staunchly Catholic) mother. Now, there's a woman with a strong conviction about her faith. They never came back, funnily enough

It's true about the Catholicism.

Two JW came round the other day. I just very politely said, "I'm sorry, I'm a committed Catholic." (I'm not!) They ran off down the drive at top speed.

I tell JW that I think their stance on blood products is evil and close the door on them. They don't come back.